We would like to congratulate Cameron Walker of Santa Barbara, California, who has been named the winner of our inaugural Tamaqua Award for her beautiful collection of essays, Points of Light. The Tamaqua Award is offered for a book-length collection of essays; the winning manuscript receives a $1,000 prize and publication with Hidden River Press, an imprint of Hidden River Publishing.
We would also like to announce the semi-finalists, and finalists of the Tamaqua Award, and to thank everyone who submitted to the award; we are grateful for you sharing your work with us. The deadline for submissions to our next round of the Tamaqua Award has been extended to October 31, 2022. For more information, please see our guidelines.
Semi-finalists
Benton, Lynette, Arlington, MA, My Bra is in My Hat
Brown, Cory, Trumansburg, NY, The Sick Rose
Cohen, Michael, Murray, KY, The God Damners and Other Essays
Cohen, Michael, Murray, KY, Plato’s Handbook and Other Essays
Converse, Maryah, Newark, NJ, Lessons from the Desert
Cooper, Garry, Oak Park, IL, The Anthropogenic Offramp
Devine, M., Plattsburgh, NY, Warhol’s Mother’s Pantry
Gaynell, Gavin, Alton, IL, Sojourn: Land of Lincoln California Girl
Heath, William, Frederick, MD, Trying to Say
Light, Frank, Issaquah, WA, Far and Wide
McCabe, Melanie, Falls Church, VA, In The Days Of Time Machines
McVey, Cynthia, Ulster Park, NY, Some Men and Me and a Field
Moss, Clementine, San Fransisco, CA, Bliss and Drumming
Oglesby, Scott, NYC, NY, All Over the Place
Paramo, Adriana, Kissimmee, FL, Milk, Oil, and a Night of Tequila
Petry, Darrell, Huntington Beach, CA, The Last Resort of an Addicted Poet
Presnell, Barbara, Lexington, NC, One Last Battle
Rogoff, Marianne, Kentfield, CA, Lucid Moments: Books as Viewfinders
Sanford, Christy, St. Augustine, FL, The Ostinato and The Furniture or Stiffen
Smith, Curtis, Hershey, PA, Teacher
Townsend, Alison, Stoughton, WI, Nature Girl
Vazquez, April, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, Across Four Aprils
Walker, Cameron, Santa Barbara, CA, Points of Light
Zehringer, William, Bloomsburg, PA, Of This Time, of That Place
Finalists
Cohen, Michael, Murray, KY, The God Damners and Other Essays
Cohen, Michael, Murray, KY, Plato’s Handbook and Other Essays
Converse, Maryah, Newark, NJ, Lessons from the Desert
Cooper, Garry, Oak Park, IL, The Anthropogenic Offramp
Light, Frank, Issaquah, WA, Far and Wide
McCabe, Melanie, Falls Church, VA, In The Days Of Time Machines
Moss, Clementine, San Fransisco, CA, Bliss and Drumming
Presnell, Barbara, Lexington, NC, One Last Battle
Sanford, Christy, St. Augustine, FL, The Ostinato and The Furniture or Stiffen
Smith, Curtis, Hershey, PA, Teacher
Townsend, Alison, Stoughton, WI, Nature Girl
Walker, Cameron, Santa Barbara, CA, Points of Light
Winner
Walker, Cameron, Santa Barbara, CA, Points of Light
Congratulations to Cameron Walker and to all our semi-finalists and finalists. Please be sure to follow our blog, since we’ll be posting a more complete profile of Cameron in the near future!
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